tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9303369.post-1108913092564407502005-02-20T10:13:00.000-05:002005-02-20T10:36:14.293-05:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55981983@N00/5112111/" ><img src="http://photos4.flickr.com/5112111_0febbe8a3f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> </div> <a href="http://knit-a-long-sock.blogspot.com">Very Long Socks.</a> You might have heard of them. I seem to have fallen out of love with the poor things. For the last 2 weeks, I have done almost nothing on them. I blame the socks. <br /><br />For starters, they just do not make for good subway knitting anymore. They did once, but now they are long and unwieldy. I suppose their name should have tipped me off to that one. Also, they are not cashmere. Between the Subway Hat and Clappy, I may have raised my yarn snobbishness to new and completely unrealistic heights.<br /><br />And finally, at the zero hour, when I got the longer of the two on to the Bry Flex dpns, I started having major gauge stress. It seems, when looking at the mms, that my US #2 Addis and my US #2.5 Bry Flex dpns were the same size. I soon will be embarking on an attempt to rid my head of US sizes and only refer to needle size by mm...we'll see how that goes. However, the needle material difference has resulted in the same stitches per inch, but really different rows per inch. So I had to rip, and start making all the stripes on the dpns 14 rows instead of 15rows.<br /><br />All this being said, I am aware that it is almost March, and that if I want to wear these this winter, I need to get a move on. So...starting today I wil try to get back in love with the @%^&*!! socks...<br clear="all" />Cassiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586383381624182204noreply@blogger.com